Parallel Verses
New Heart English Bible
The king of Syria said, "Go now, and I will send a letter to the king of Israel." He departed, and took with him ten talents of silver, and six thousand pieces of gold, and ten changes of clothing.
New American Standard Bible
Then the king of Aram said, “Go
King James Version
And the king of Syria said, Go to, go, and I will send a letter unto the king of Israel. And he departed, and took with him ten talents of silver, and six thousand pieces of gold, and ten changes of raiment.
Holman Bible
Therefore, the king of Aram said, “Go and I will send a letter with you to the king of Israel.”
So he went and took with him 750 pounds
International Standard Version
The king of Aram replied, "Go now, and I'll send a letter to the king of Israel." So he left and took with him ten talents of silver and 6,000 units of gold, along with ten sets of clothing.
A Conservative Version
And the king of Syria said, Go now, and I will send a letter to the king of Israel. And he departed, and took with him ten talents of silver, and six thousand [pieces] of gold, and ten changes of raiment.
American Standard Version
And the king of Syria said, Go now, and I will send a letter unto the king of Israel. And he departed, and took with him ten talents of silver, and six thousand pieces of gold, and ten changes of raiment.
Amplified
Then the king of Aram (Syria) said, “Go now, and I will send a letter to the king of Israel (Jehoram the son of Ahab).” So he left and took with him ten talents of silver and 6,000 shekels of gold, and ten changes of clothing.
Bible in Basic English
So the king of Aram said, Go then; and I will send a letter to the king of Israel. And he went, taking with him ten talents of silver and six thousand shekels of gold, and ten changes of clothing.
Darby Translation
And the king of Syria said, Well! go, and I will send a letter to the king of Israel. And he departed, and took with him ten talents of silver, and six thousand shekels of gold, and ten changes of raiment.
Julia Smith Translation
And the king of Aram will say, Go; come, I will send a letter to the king of Israel. And he will go and take in his hand ten talents of silver and six thousand of gold, and ten changes of garments.
King James 2000
And the king of Syria said, Go now, and I will send a letter unto the king of Israel. And he departed, and took with him ten talents of silver, and six thousand pieces of gold, and ten changes of raiment.
Lexham Expanded Bible
So the king of Aram said, "Go, I will send a letter to the king of Israel." He went and took {with him} ten talents of silver, six thousand [shekels of] gold, and ten sets of clothing.
Modern King James verseion
And the king of Syria said, Go, go in and I will send a letter to the king of Israel. And he departed and took with him ten talents of silver and six thousand of gold, and ten changes of clothing.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And the king of Syria said, "Go thy way, and I will send a letter unto the king of Israel." And he went and took with him ten talents of silver and six thousand pieces of gold, and ten changes of raiments.
NET Bible
The king of Syria said, "Go! I will send a letter to the king of Israel." So Naaman went, taking with him ten talents of silver, six thousand shekels of gold, and ten suits of clothes.
The Emphasized Bible
And the king of Syria said - Go, get in, that I may send a letter unto the king of Israel. So he went, and took in his hand ten talents of silver, and six thousand pieces of gold, and ten changes of raiment.
Webster
And the king of Syria said, Come, go, and I will send a letter to the king of Israel. And he departed, and took with him ten talents of silver, and six thousand pieces of gold, and ten changes of raiment.
World English Bible
The king of Syria said, "Go now, and I will send a letter to the king of Israel." He departed, and took with him ten talents of silver, and six thousand pieces of gold, and ten changes of clothing.
Youngs Literal Translation
And the king of Aram saith, 'Go thou, enter, and I send a letter unto the king of Israel;' and he goeth and taketh in his hand ten talents of silver, and six thousand pieces of gold, and ten changes of garments.
Themes
Dress » Presents made of changes of clothes
Elisha » Miracles of » Heals naaman the leper
Kings » Presented with gifts by strangers
Kings » Who reigned over israel » Jehoram, or joram
Letters » King of syria to king of israel
Miracles » Catalogue of » Cures naaman
Motive » Misunderstood » The king of syria's, in sending presents to the king of israel by naaman
Naaman » A syrian general, healed of leprosy by elisha
Prophets » Extraordinary » Often endued with miraculous power
Prophets » Benefits of » Presents refused by
Select readings » Naaman the leper
Silver » Often given as presents
Travelers » Carried with them » Presents for those who entertained them
Travelers » Of distinction » Generally performed their journey in great state
Interlinear
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Yalak
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in 2 Kings 5:5
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Healing Of Naaman The Syrian
4 Someone went in, and told his lord, saying, "The maiden who is from the land of Israel said this." 5 The king of Syria said, "Go now, and I will send a letter to the king of Israel." He departed, and took with him ten talents of silver, and six thousand pieces of gold, and ten changes of clothing. 6 He brought the letter to the king of Israel, saying, "Now when this letter has come to you, behold, I have sent Naaman my servant to you, that you may heal him of his leprosy."
Cross References
Judges 14:12
Samson said to them, "Let me now put forth a riddle to you. If you can explain it to me within the seven days of the feast, and figure it out, then I will give you thirty linen garments and thirty changes of clothing.
2 Kings 8:8-9
The king said to Hazael, "Take a present in your hand, and go, meet the man of God, and inquire of the LORD by him, saying, 'Will I recover from this sickness?'"
Genesis 11:3
They said one to another, "Come, let us make bricks, and burn them thoroughly." They had brick for stone, and they used tar for mortar.
Genesis 11:7
Come, let us go down, and there confuse their language, that they may not understand one another's speech."
Genesis 45:22
He gave each one of them changes of clothing, but to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver and five changes of clothing.
Numbers 22:7
The elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with the rewards of divination in their hand; and they came to Balaam, and spoke to him the words of Balak.
Numbers 22:17-18
for I will promote you to very great honor, and whatever you say to me I will do. Please come therefore, and curse this people for me.'"
Numbers 24:11-13
Therefore now flee you to your place. I thought to promote you to great honor; but, behold, the LORD has kept you back from honor."
1 Samuel 9:7-8
Then Saul said to his servant, "But behold, if we go, what shall we bring the man? For the bread is gone in our vessels, and there is no gift to bring to the man of God. What do we have?"
1 Kings 13:7
The king said to the man of God, "Come home with me, and refresh yourself, and I will give you a reward."
1 Kings 22:3
The king of Israel said to his servants, "You know that Ramoth Gilead is ours, and we are still, and do not take it out of the hand of the king of Syria?"
2 Kings 4:42
A man from Baal Shalishah came, and brought the man of God bread of the first fruits, twenty loaves of barley, and fresh ears of grain in his sack. He said, "Give to the people, that they may eat."
2 Kings 5:22-23
He said, "All is well. My master has sent me, saying, 'Behold, even now two young men of the sons of the prophets have come to me from the hill country of Ephraim. Please give them a talent of silver and two changes of clothing.'"
Ecclesiastes 2:1
I said in my heart, "Come now, I will test you with mirth: therefore enjoy pleasure;" and behold, this also was vanity.
Isaiah 5:5
Now I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard. I will take away its hedge, and it will be eaten up. I will break down its wall of it, and it will be trampled down.
Acts 8:18-20
Now when Simon saw that the Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles' hands, he offered them money,
James 4:13
Come now, you who say, "Today or tomorrow let us go into this city, and spend a year there, trade, and make a profit."
James 5:1-3
Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming on you.